As a global change ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist, Carol Adair uses theory, experimentation, and quantitative methods to understand ecosystem responses to natural and anthropogenic environmental change. She believes that understanding and predicting the response of ecosystems to environmental changes is crucial for sustaining and managing important ecosystems.
Gund Fellow, Associate Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Publications
Selected
Reich, P.B., L.E. Frelich, R. Voldseth, P. Bakken , E.C. Adair. In press/online. Linking understory diversity with productivity, resource availability and heterogeneity in southern boreal forests. Journal of Ecology.
Adair, E.C., P.B. Reich, J.J. Trost, and S.E. Hobbie. 2011. Elevated CO2 stimulates grassland soil respiration by increasing carbon inputs rather than by enhancing soil moisture. Global Change Biology 17(12):3546-3563.
Adair, E.C. and I.C. Burke. 2010. Plant phenology and life span influence soil pool dynamics: Bromus tectorum invasion of perennial C3-C4 grass communities. Plant and Soil 355(1):255-269.
Adair, E.C., S.E. Hobbie, R.K. Hobbie. 2010. Single pool exponential decomposition models: potential pitfalls in their use in ecological studies. Ecology 91(4):1225-1236.
Adair, E.C., P.B. Reich, S.E. Hobbie, J.M.H. Knops. 2009. Interactive effects of time, CO2, N, and diversity on total belowground carbon allocation and ecosystem carbon storage in a grassland community. Ecosystems 12(6):1037-1052.
Adair, E.C., W.J. Parton, S.J. Del Grosso, W.L. Silver, M.E. Harmon, S.A. Hall, I.C. Burke, S.C. Hart. 2008. A simple three pool model accurately describes patterns of long-term litter decomposition in diverse climates. Global Change Biology 14(11): 2636-2660.
Parton W., W.L. Silver, I.C. Burke, L. Grassens, M.E. Harmon, B. Currie, J. King, E.C. Adair, L. Brandt, and B. Fasth. 2007. Global-scale similarities in nitrogen release patterns during long-term decomposition. Science 315: 361-364.
Associations and Affiliations
Ecological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Global change (including climate change), ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, carbon storage and cycling, and non-invasive plant invasions, modeling and statistics
Education
- PhD, Ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry (plant invasions) Colorado State University
- MS, Ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry (riparian nitrogen cycling), Colorado State University,
- BA, Environmental Science and Political Science Allegheny College
Contact
Email:
Phone:
- 802-656-2907
Office Location:
303B Aiken Center
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